Product Description

Homer's mighty epic, the Iliad, is the first work of western literature and one of the defining masterpieces of our culture. The purpose of this new line-by-line commentary is to help as wide an audience as possible to understand and appreciate the poem through the best of recent scholarship on the man and his work.

Peter Jones has selected three of the most widely used translations on which to base his commentary, those of E.V. Rieu (revised and updated by Peter Jones), Martin Hammond, and Richmond Lattimore.
There is a useful introduction to the whole work and separate short introductions to each book of the Iliad. Each passage selected for comment is given a line-reference and quoted from all three translations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1694483 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-15
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .71" h x 5.52" w x 8.52" l, .98 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Peter Jones is one of the best-known figures in the teaching and appreciation of the Classics. Co-founder of Friends of Classics, he has published widely on Homer and is a regular contributor to national newspapers. His best-selling Learn Latin, Learn Ancient Greek, Classics in Translation and Ancient and Modern are all published by Duckworth.